Arpin couple ring in 2014 with birth of daughter

10:38 AM,
Jan. 3, 2014

Catherine and Brian Markovic of Arpin hold their daughter, Isabella Elizabeth Markovic, on Thursday at Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. Isabella was the first baby born in 2014 at Saint Joseph's Hospital.

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Logan T. Carlson
News-Herald Media

There were no ball-drop celebrations or singing of "Auld Lang Syne" for Catherine and Brian Markovic at midnight on New Year's Eve, but there was plenty of joy to be had as they welcomed their daughter into the world Wednesday morning.

Isabella Elizabeth Markovic, born at 6:24 a.m. Wednesday weighing 8 pounds, 10 ounces, was the first baby born in 2014 at Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital.

"I heard the chimes go off at midnight and I thought, 'There goes that option,'" said Brian Markovic of Arpin. "It wasn't until about an hour and a half later that I heard someone mention she was the New Year's ...